Aifric Campbell's novel, ON THE FLOOR, is inspired by her years working on the trading floor at Morgan Stanley and was longlisted for the ORANGE PRIZE. ON THE FLOOR "plunges straight into the financial world's heart of darkness" (LA Times) with the story of Geri Molloy, the "skirt amongst men," a banker with a rare mathematical gift whose successful career is hurtling towards potential disaster. Aifric became the first female Managing Director on Morgan Stanley's London trading floor. Previous novels: THE SEMANTICS OF MURDER, based on the unsolved murder of Richard Montague, a brilliant logician at UCLA and THE LOSS ADJUSTOR. Aifric is Irish and lives in the UK. She holds a PhD from University of East Anglia and teaches at Imperial College, London. Follow www.aifriccampbell.com/ Official FB/Twitter/Linkedin